cirrhotic ascites

Cirrhotic ascites, commonly known as hepatic ascites, refers to the clinical symptom of fluid accumulation in the abdominal cavity caused by multiple pathological factors, such as portal hypertension, hypoalbuminemia, and water-sodium retention, following recurrent liver inflammation, fibrosis, and cirrhosis formation due to liver diseases. Cirrhotic ascites is not a single disease but a common clinical manifestation of the end-stage (decompensated phase) of many liver diseases. Common diseases causing cirrhotic ascites include hepatitis B, hepatitis C, alcoholic hepatitis, and autoimmune hepatitis. Once liver disease progresses to the stage of cirrhotic ascites, it often indicates that cirrhosis has reached the decompensated phase; without active intervention and treatment, the prognosis is poor.